The Relationship between Perceived Organizational Support, Organizational Commitment, and Quality of Work Life and Productivity

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between perceived organizational support, organizational commitment, and quality of work life with productivity of primary school teachers and administrators of Fars province in Iran. The population of the study was primary school teachers and administrators. According to the multi-stage cluster sampling, seven townships were randomly selected in which some schools were picked out. The research method was correlation and the research instrument was questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha method was used to calculate the reliability. The Item analysis and expert consensus were applied to calculate the validity of instruments. Findings indicated that there was significant positive relationship between quality of work life and administrators' and teachers' productivity. Results also displayed a significant positive relationship between perceived organizational support and administrators' and teachers' productivity. A significant positive relationship between organizational commitment and administrators and teachers' productivity was also concluded. Stepwise regression revealed that only quality of work life and organizational support were able to significantly predict the productivity of administrators and teachers. Out of those two variables, quality of work life enjoys higher β (0.32) than the partnership (0.27), It, therefore can be considered a stronger predictor of productivity

Current status of mobile learning indicators in Universities of Medical Sciences

Background: The speed of advance in medical education, creativity in technology, limit time for new work has created new vision in medical education. Considering the importance of developing Iran's global position in the scientific and technological in Southwest Asia and the importance of improving the quality of learning and education, the present study identifies and examines the current status of mobile learning indicators in medical sciences universities. Methods: This study was applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-correlation in nature and survey method. The statistical population of the study consists of specialists from different medical groups. Based on Morgan's table, the sample size was estimated to be 200 people who were selected by simple random. Mobile learning components were extracted using text analysis and interviews with experts. In order to comply with the principle of validity in the questionnaire, in addition to the opinions of supervisors and advisors, the validity of factor analysis has been used. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was estimated above 0.7, so the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed. For data analysis, exploratory factor analysis and univariate analysis were used in Spss23 software. Results: Four factors (infrastructure, organizational planning, tools and equipment, human resources) and 16 indicators explain about 79.9% of mobile learning variance. Also, according to the obtained results, there were significant differences between the current and desired conditions based on the values (sig<0.05) in all components. Conclusion: Designers of mobile learning tools should maximize the efficiency of this tool while paying attention to users' preferences

Identify Methods of Staff Development in Higher Educational System of Iran (Case of Study: Islamic Azad University Region 8)

Not only identify and classify dimensions and components of Staff development is important but also identify methods. This study aimed to identify methods of staff development in higher education system. This study was descriptive survey. The study population included all staff of Islamic Azad University in Region 8 in 2016(N=3812) .The sample size were 203 individuals base on Cochran formula by using classified random sampling. The data was collected via researcher-made questionnaire. Cranach's alpha coefficient was used to determine reliability (0.96). The data were analyzed using factor analysis. The findings showed that 5 methods influence on staff development such as Inter-university, extra-University, formal, informal and group method which factors can be explained 67.625% of total variance. The most power to explain was related to informal method (18.02%) and the least power to explain was related to formal methods (10.92%). Higher administrators need to use several methods such as informal, group development, Inter-university, extra-University methods influence

Presenting a Model for Improving Research Ethics along with commercializing academic researches (Case: Islamic Azad university, Ardabil prouince branche).

When it comes to ethics and observance of the ethics of research, it means that research should not only have the appropriate method, but also be morally defensible. The purpose of this study was to provide a model for the promotion of research ethics in the commercialization of academic research of Islamic Azad universities in Ardebil. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of type of mixed data of exploratory type. The statistical population of the research qualitative section included the experts and academic experts and those with executive posts in the field of commercialization, which had an executive background at decision-making levels, and the researchers had books and articles in this field that, using Purposeful sampling method and saturation principle of ten people were selected as sample size. The second group of the statistical population of this study, which included all faculty members of faculty and academic degree of Islamic Azad University of Ardabil in the year 1395, was 537 people. Using multistage and relative cluster sampling method and Cochran formula, 172 persons were used as volume Sample selected. In this research, the library method, semi-structured interview (qualitative section) and researcher-made questionnaire (quantitative section) were used to collect data. The interview with the experts indicated that the interview was valid, and a reliable method was used to calculate the reliability of the two coders. The results indicated that the interview was valid and valid. In order to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire, face validity, content and construct were used. To determine the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and combined reliability were used. Results indicated that the validity and reliability of the researcher made questionnaire were used. Content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data of the research. In the quantitative part, according to the research questions, descriptive and inferential statistics (structural equation modeling, exploratory factor analysis, and one-sample t-test) were used and analyzed using Spss and Amos software. The results showed that components of research ethics include individual, environmental and organizational components, and commercialization components include individual, environmental and management components. The model presented in the research was fit to fit and the research findings also showed that among components of research ethics, individual and environmental components, and among components of commercialization, individual and managerial components are not in desirable condition. While the organizational component in research ethics and environmental component in commercialization has a relatively favorable status